Boltless tie.



P. J. HARRIGAN.

BOLTLESS TEE- APPLICATION FILED AUG-7| 1916.

nllllllllllllfll Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

TED STATES PATENT ourion.

PATRICK J. HARRIGAN, or HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS.

BOL'ILESS TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917'.

Application'filed August 7, 1916. Serial No. 113,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PATRICK J. HARRIGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Saline and State of Illinois,have inventedcertain new 7 placed in'position, andfurthermore being soconstructed that in case of the breakage of any part, a supplemental orauxiliary fastening means may be readily employed.

An embodiment of the invention that is at present considered thepreferred one, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a cross sectional view through a railway and a longitudinalsection through one of the ties, constituting the subject-matter of thepresent invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of one of the detachable ears, Fig. 4: is a detailperspective view of a portion of a tie showing the rail fasteningelements integral therewith.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the embodiment disclosed, the tie consists of a metallic plate or bar5 of channel section, having struck up from its end portions, outerintegral rail engaging hooks 6, said hooks being adapted to engage overthe outer base flanges 7 of the rails 8. Adjacent to the inner baseflange 9 of' the rail is formed an upstanding ear 10 also integral withthe tie plate or bar 5, and having an opening 11 therethrough. Anopening 12 is formed in said tie adjacent to the car 10, and between thesame and the base flange 9 of the rail 8. This opening receives adetachable ear designated generally by the reference numeral 13, andpreferably com prising a plate doubled to form webs 14 that V liealongside the car 10, the terminal portions of the plate being offset inopposite directions, as illustrated at 15, forming feet that bearagainst the under side of the tie. The detachable ear may be formed of amalleable piece if desired. The webs 14L also are provided with openings16 that are alined with the opening 11, and through these alinedopenings is passed a rail retaining drift spike 17 having a tapered end18 that overlies and wedges upon the inner base flange 9 of the rail.The; opposite end of the spike is in the form of a head 19, andthis headis adapted to pass over and engage behind. a securing rib 20'for1nedupon the tie.

It'will be obvious that rails secured by the means above described areeffectively held in place, and that the necessity of bolts is, dispensedwith. YVhile the parts are strongand not liable to derangement, still ifany should break, it will be seen that those remaining can be utilized.For example, if one of the detachable ears 13 is broken, it can bereadily replaced. If one of. the ears 10 should be broken off, the part13 may still be utilized. In like manner if one of the.

hooks 6 should become inoperative, an ear, like 13, may be passedthrough the opening left by the formation of said hook and the driftspike utilized.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation andmany advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art, without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe'spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A railroad tie having a portion on which the railrests, an upstandinglug and an opening alongside said lug, an upstanding ear that engages inthe opening, and rail fastening means engaging the lug and ear.

2. A railroad tie having a portion on which the rail rests, anupstanding lug and an opening between said portion and the lug, anupstanding ear engaged in theopening between the lug and a rail placedon said portion, and rail fastening means passing through the lug andear.

3. A railroad tie having a portion on which the rail rests, anupstanding lug spaced from said portion, a detachable ear interposedbetween said lug and a rail placed on the portion, and a transverselydisposed standing lug on the opposite side of the rail,

an ear that passes through the tie, said ear having afoot on the undersideof the tie, and a retaining spike passing through the lug andengaging over the base flange of the rail.

' passes through the tie,

5. A railroad tie having a stop for engagement with one side of a rail,an upstanding lug on the opposite side of the rail, an ear formed of anupstanding doubled plate that said plate having offset terminal portionson the under side of said tie, and a retaining spike that passes throughthe lug and engages over the base fiangeof the rail.

6. A metallic railroad tie comprising a plate having an upstandingintegral ear and an opening alongside the same, an ear passing throughthe opening and having a foot beneath the plate, and rail engaging meanspassing through both ears.

7. A railroad tie comprising a metallic plate having an upstandingintegral ear and an opening alongside the ear, another ear passingthrough the opening formed of an upstanding doubled plate having ofisetterminal portions forming feet on the under side of said plate, and arail retaining spike that passes through the ears and engages over thebase flange of the rail.

8. A railroad tie comprising a metallic plate having an upstandingintegral rail engaging hook on one side and an upstanding integral earon the opposite side of the rail, said plate also havingan openingdisposed between the ear and the base of a rail engaged with the hook,an upstanding doubled plate passing through the opening and eX- tendingalongside the ear, said plate having oppositely extending feet, aretaining drift spike that passes through the upstanding ear and plateand engages over the base flange of the rail, said spike having a head,and a retaining rib on the tie plate behind which said head engages.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

PATRICK J. HARRIGAN. WVitnesses:

" THOMAS QUINN,

W. W. WHEATLEY.

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